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pot

pot

43 3.2
The total money players bet in a card game like poker
  • noun
  • /pɑt/
  • Jargon
: bote
  • After much suspense, the dealer revealed the winner of the pot at the poker table.
  • a pot of money
  • a big pot

So that your fear when you're playing out of pot.

Examples

  • DEALER: Mr. Maverick wins the pot.

  • "Full house," Chick says, and rakes in the pot before he sees my cards.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • No one's there with a big money pot for you.

  • You then get the pot of cash, go to a pub.

  • Just 200 for the pot.

  • Does your previous winnings become part of that pot you can dig into?

  • They're getting up a pot for Martin's wife.

  • In the final round of the tournament, players were eager to win the pot worth thousands of dollars.

  • With each round, the pot grew larger, attracting more players looking to gamble.

Synonyms

pool
vspot
9 4.2

The total money bet by all players for the winner to take

is the same idea but specifically the central stake in card games like poker
kitty
vspot
6 4.9

Money collected from a group for a game or to pay shared costs

is focused on bets players compete for in gambling rather than general group funds
pot of money
vspot
4 3.5

An amount of money saved or collected for a purpose

is the specific money players put their stakes into while playing a game

Idioms

to stir the pot
  • Informal
13 8.0

To cause trouble by saying things to make people argue

To say someone has a fault you also have

to go to pot
  • Informal
3 8.2

To become ruined or not cared for

1 9.9

Tell someone in a rude way to decide now or stop wasting time

1 7.2

To make people stay interested and active in a project

1 9.3

A person who slowly fails to notice danger until it is too late

Compounds

28 2.4

A large piece of beef slow cooked in liquid in a covered pot with vegetables like carrots and potatoes

melting pot
  • Informal
22 3.5

A place where people from different cultures mix and become one community

pot of gold
  • Informal
18 4.1

A reward that someone hopes to get but finds hard to reach

12 3.5

An electric pot that cooks food slowly at low heat

8 2.8

A green plant people grow in a pot indoors to make a room look nicer

5 3.2

An electric pot that cooks food slowly for several hours

4 3.5

An amount of money saved or collected for a purpose

hot pot
  • UK
3 2.7

A stew of meat and potatoes cooked slowly in a covered pot

pot farm
  • NSFW
2 8.1

A place where people often secretly grow marijuana

1 3.5

A basket placed in the sea to catch lobsters

1 4.6

A container made of strong heatproof material to make metal liquid

1 7.0

A mild soft white cheese that comes from milk curds, often used as a spread or in cooking

1 1.4

A small container with holes for sprinkling pepper onto food

1 7.9

Liquid left in a pot after cooking vegetables or meat that is used as a base for soup

1 1.3

A container with a handle and a spout used to sprinkle water on plants

1 9.9

A long feeling of being sorry for yourself and thinking only about your problems

1 8.5

A French stew of beef and vegetables slowly cooked in water or broth

pot metal
  • Specialized
1 7.9

Cheap mix of metals used to make low-cost items like pots

1 3.4

A dish cooked slowly in a slow cooker

1 9.9

A tasty liquid left in a pot after cooking vegetables or meat

1 3.5

A coffee pot that makes coffee by letting hot water slowly pass through ground coffee

1 7.2

A thick spicy soup with vegetables and cow stomach often served with dumplings

1 8.5

A small cruel government that controls people and seems foolish

1 5.8

A common garden plant with bright yellow or orange flowers

pot furnace
  • Specialized
1 8.0

A large oven with several pots for melting glass

1 6.9

A small aromatic garden herb used to flavor food like tomato sauce

dash-pot
  • Specialized
9.6

A device with a piston that moves through liquid or air to slow sudden movement in machines

refractory pot
  • Specialized
9.9

A small heatproof bowl made of bone ash to separate metals like gold or silver during testing

A spicy soup with cow tripe, vegetables, and pepper often with dumplings

pot-girl
  • Archaic
9.9

A woman who works in an inn serving customers and cleaning pots

tin-pot business
  • Offensive
7.5

A small, badly run company that seems unimportant

8.4

An unimportant suggestion that people do not take seriously

tin-pot operation
  • Offensive
7.9

A small badly run business or group that seems unimportant

How Large

jackpot
81 3.7
pot
  • Jargon
43 3.2
kitty
6 4.9

Surface Forms

pot singular
pots plural

Etymology

Pot for the money in a game comes from the same picture: players put their bets into a shared 'pot', and the word then grew to mean the total money to win. So the pot is the pool of chips or cash everyone is trying to take.